[E-Type] Re:Misc. stuff

E-Type
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Roger Los,Re:“Tinkers”-chrome trim repair,try a musical shop that repairs
instruments.
I used a local shop to roll out a dent in
a MG-TD radiator shell
with much success!(your E-Type site is
awesome)
Jim VanAlstyne,Re:"Holes in polka dot"I have the same problem with mine,I
plan to
fill with aluminum
solder per the Land-Rover
list as I need to
fill 23 extra holes in a
Deluxe Bonnet for
my series and was told
this works well.
Lloyd Nolan,Re:“colors for a Mark II"Try Mr. Don Pikovnik at donp@ncweb.com
as he is compiling the
history of british auto
colors for a future
book-he was very helpful
for me.Has all current
ICI codes.
Hope this is helpful,sorry for the odd format,but soccer is dominating our
time!
Sold the MG-TD this weekend,the E-Type is making me do things I never thought
possible.She has cast her sell over me,so intoxicating this feline is,and me
being
a dog person.Thinking about selling the Ducati to speed up the process or
find a
Mark II for the rest of the family.
Godspeed friends,
Randy Anderson
Des Moines,Iowa
'33 Morgan Super Sport
'52 MG-TD(Goodbye old friend,You will be missed-has been in the family for 37
years)
'62 FHC(Lets see 265 hp vs. 58 hp duh!)(I know claimed hp)
'72 Land-Rover ser.III 88”(daily driver)
'74 Ducati 750 Sport

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“Never buy rusty project.” I’ve said it many times myself, to both myself
and others. So how did I end up with a rusty project? I was obviously an
evil being in a previous incarnation, I’m missing a power crystal of some
sort, or I just swear too darn much on the Sabbath.

Anyway, I now have the interior almost entirely stripped out. I will post
some pictures over the weekend, when I hope to complete that job. Some more
miscellaneous ramblings:

  • Actually found a petrified mouse, in the driver’s door. I have not yet
    taken apart the passenger door, but there’s another nest in there, so who
    knows? The previous owner, or a previous owner, actually made up steel
    plates (I think as mouse deterrents) that riveted on to the door to cover
    the two large openings in the bottom–Or are these some strange early car
    “feature?”

  • The fastener score: three dead so far: two that I mentioned last time in
    the driver’s floor, and now one in the left radio console bracket.
    Unfortunately, this one snapped off flush, so getting it out will be a task.
    Also, the single screw in the back of the top chrome finisher on either side
    is firmly stuck, and they must be made of titanium, as no drill bit that I
    have will touch 'em.

  • The wiper arm finishers are glued to the wiper shafts, which are largely
    stripped.

  • Just when I was feeling good about the floors, I discover upon removing
    the front shag in the driver’s footwell that the floor is no longer attached
    to the bulkhead at its front edge courtesy of Fe(3)O(2). I don’t know if
    that means the floor has to be replaced; it seems “fine” elsewhere. Damn.

  • I’m seriously worried about the front subframe on that side, too, as the
    floor damage was caused by battery acid, and the frame has telltale rust,
    too. What kind of battery leaks that much, for that long? There’s certainly
    little danger of over-charging the battery on the 25-amp generator…

  • There is not a lick of paint or primer inside any body panel that didn’t
    accidentally get hit by the initial paint job. So do you spray very generous
    quantities of “extend” or similar rust-killing primer/paint into all of
    these cavities once the real rot is repaired? My body guy is very against
    dipping, as he contends that what little rust protection there was goes away
    entirely, without a decent way of getting it back. Seeing as there was no
    protection at all, I wonder whether that would now be a good idea, assuming
    I can find a place to do it? Mind, it appears that we’re going to be inside
    a lot of these areas anyway, so perhaps we can drive out the surface rust on
    a localized basis.

Sigh.

Roger Los
Seattle, Washington
'62 OTS 876073, welded, flat, and somewhat rotted
http://www.los.com/e/

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  • There is not a lick of paint or primer inside any body panel that didn’t
    accidentally get hit by the initial paint job. So do you spray very generous
    quantities of “extend” or similar rust-killing primer/paint into all of
    these cavities once the real rot is repaired? My body guy is very against
    dipping, as he contends that what little rust protection there was goes away
    entirely, without a decent way of getting it back. Seeing as there was no
    protection at all, I wonder whether that would now be a good idea, assuming
    I can find a place to do it? Mind, it appears that we’re going to be inside
    a lot of these areas anyway, so perhaps we can drive out the surface rust on

Roger…The absolute best protection against future rust (in areas
you can reach or others you cannot) is to spray on POR15. As
noted in previous post, this product is so far superior to products
such as Extend;it is like comparing the styling of a Ford Pinto to
your XKE OTS!!! Once applied (even over rusted metal) , it
stops the rust…I think forever. I painted POR15 on some metal
barrels that were badly rusted almost 10 years ago;they are as I
left them!!!

I love to recommend products that do what they say they will!!!

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Rust, that four-letter word you should never say on Sunday (or Sabbath, if
appropriate).On my inner sills and inner door panels I hand brushed acrylic enamel primer. Nice and thick, and hard. Some day I may insert foam so it never gets pregnant. LLoyd Roger Los wrote:

“Never buy rusty project.” I’ve said it many times myself, to both myself
and others. So how did I end up with a rusty project? I was obviously an
evil being in a previous incarnation, I’m missing a power crystal of some
sort, or I just swear too darn much on the Sabbath.

…delete

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And where does one obtain this miracle potion?

Erik Koik
66FHC-----Original Message-----
From: owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org [mailto:owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org] On
Behalf Of Richard Greene
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 10:18 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: Re: [E-Type] Rust, rust, rust

  • There is not a lick of paint or primer inside any body panel that didn’t
    accidentally get hit by the initial paint job. So do you spray very generous
    quantities of “extend” or similar rust-killing primer/paint into all of
    these cavities once the real rot is repaired? My body guy is very against
    dipping, as he contends that what little rust protection there was goes away
    entirely, without a decent way of getting it back. Seeing as there was no
    protection at all, I wonder whether that would now be a good idea, assuming
    I can find a place to do it? Mind, it appears that we’re going to be inside
    a lot of these areas anyway, so perhaps we can drive out the surface rust on

Roger…The absolute best protection against future rust (in areas
you can reach or others you cannot) is to spray on POR15. As
noted in previous post, this product is so far superior to products
such as Extend;it is like comparing the styling of a Ford Pinto to
your XKE OTS!!! Once applied (even over rusted metal) , it
stops the rust…I think forever. I painted POR15 on some metal
barrels that were badly rusted almost 10 years ago;they are as I
left them!!!

I love to recommend products that do what they say they will!!!

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Erik:
Try this site out:
http://www.por15.com/magazine.html

Last time I checked it was about $36 a qt. with shipping. I did some
research into other industrial coatings but the list response was very
positive about POR’s performance. Also they said that a little goes a long
way.

Bert Bitter

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And where does one obtain this miracle potion?

POR15 must be ordered from the factory at 1-800-457-6715.

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I’ve used Finnegan’s Waxoyl Rustproofing on several cars. Their literature
claims it neutralizes rust, seals out moisture. You spray it on thinly and
it creeps into all those remote areas you can’t reach with paint.

Jim Walker
'65 OTS______________________________________________________
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I like the por-15, it seems to work well. Has anyone tried to fabricate or
buy some kind of wand to spray it in the sills and other like areas?
John H 67ots

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In a message dated 6/8/99 10:08:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Xkerdster@aol.com writes:

<< I like the por-15, it seems to work well. Has anyone tried to fabricate or
buy some kind of wand to spray it in the sills and other like areas?
John H 67ots

Try a 1 gallon pump type garden sprayer.

Cheers
Bob S.

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like the por-15, it seems to work well. Has anyone tried to fabricate or
buy some kind of wand to spray it in the sills and other like areas?
John H 67ots

A nice “sprayer kit” is available from Eastwood Co. and also
J.C. Whitney…under $60.00. You must thin POR15 with the
company’s thinner (which is very inexpensive). Regular thinner
will deactivate the chemicals in POR15…as I have been told
by the company.

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I use the car for work quite a bit now (thanks to the 3.07 diff).
Returning to the car park to drive home, a security guard came over.
‘I’ve got one of these he said - 1963 4.2 V8’. What do you say to that?
I dived in with both feet and said he couldn’t possibly have (for all
the obvious reasons) but I find it difficult to respond by saying ‘Nice’
grinning and getting the hell out as quick as poss. Why do people do
it?

Just rambling on a balmy summers evening.–
Angus Moss '65 OTS Straight 12

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Roger,

  • Actually found a petrified mouse, in the driver’s door. I have not yet
    taken apart the passenger door, but there’s another nest in there, so who
    knows? The previous owner, or a previous owner, actually made up steel
    plates (I think as mouse deterrents) that riveted on to the door to cover
    the two large openings in the bottom–Or are these some strange early car
    “feature?”
    um, not sure if I’m late here but those metal plates are standard - pop
    rivetted on over some black goo.–
    Angus Moss '65 OTS with plates
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From: Angus Moss Angus@tri-star.demon.co.uk
Reply-To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] Musings
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:11:37 +0100

I use the car for work quite a bit now (thanks to the 3.07 diff).
Returning to the car park to drive home, a security guard came over.
‘I’ve got one of these he said - 1963 4.2 V8’. What do you say to that?
I dived in with both feet and said he couldn’t possibly have (for all
the obvious reasons) but I find it difficult to respond by saying ‘Nice’
grinning and getting the hell out as quick as poss. Why do people do
it?

Just rambling on a balmy summers evening.

Angus Moss '65 OTS Straight 12

Have an unusual car & get used to it. Hell,have fun with it. If you
give the impression that someone absolutely knows what he’s talking
about when you’re absolutely sure that he has no idea what he’s
talking about,for God’s sake let him ramble,kick back & listen to
him (or her) make a complete ass of themselves. There’s no point in
getting frustrated about someone being wrong when you realize that
you can repeat the story later. It’s like the guy at the car wash
who pointed out the rust(?)by the fuel filler door on my '67
Corvette. Correct him? Oh no way! I just told him that I think that
was a trouble area with rust on the '67 models. With that,he
proceeded to point out some more body rust. And I get to tell the
story again._______________________________________________________________
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There’s no point in
getting frustrated about someone being wrong when you realize that
you can repeat the story later.

Thank god I still had half my stomach lining left when I learned THAT
lesson…
Jim C.
'62 FHC (WOW That’s a 12 cylinder, huh?)-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Schlageter rayvaflav62@hotmail.com

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Hi peeps
No then Angus I have seen your car and I know for a fact that you could
only get eleven of those straight 12 cylinders back in it since you fitted
it as a transverse engine.
Regards John----------

From: Angus Moss Angus@tri-star.demon.co.uk
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] Musings
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 2:11 PM

I use the car for work quite a bit now (thanks to the 3.07 diff).
Returning to the car park to drive home, a security guard came over.
‘I’ve got one of these he said - 1963 4.2 V8’. What do you say to that?
I dived in with both feet and said he couldn’t possibly have (for all
the obvious reasons) but I find it difficult to respond by saying ‘Nice’
grinning and getting the hell out as quick as poss. Why do people do
it?

Just rambling on a balmy summers evening.

Angus Moss '65 OTS Straight 12

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In a message dated 6/8/99 10:08:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Xkerdster@aol.com writes:

<< I like the por-15, it seems to work well. Has anyone tried to fabricate
or
buy some kind of wand to spray it in the sills and other like areas?
John H 67ots

Try a 1 gallon pump type garden sprayer.

Cheers
Bob S.

Eastwood has a rustproofing kit with wand and various attachements. I don’t
know if you can spray POR through it and, equally important, I don’t know if
you will be able to clean the unit after running that stuff through it.

Bill B-----Original Message-----
From: XKEJAG64@aol.com XKEJAG64@aol.com
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org e-type@jag-lovers.org
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [E-Type] Rust, rust, rust